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EXCURSION to PARIS and BACK For 23 s . 3 d ., 3 cl * 155 * 3 ° s . 3 < i- > 2 nd class—SOUTH-EASTERN RAILWAY . Every MONDAY from THARING-CROSS at 9 . 25 p . m ., calling at WATERLOO , CANNON-STREET , LONDON BRIDGE , and NEW CROSS . Cheap fares for Parties of Artisans . Acceleration of Cheap Night Services . For further particulars , see bills .

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SOUTH-EASTERN RAILWAY . — PARIS , Switzerland , Italy , & c . ACCELERATION of the ROYAL MAIL EXPRESS ROUTE from CHARING-CROSS and CANNONSTREET . Leave Charing-crosslVi & Calias ViaBoulogne Vi & Calaisj Via , Calais ¦ and Cannon-street 8 . 40 a . m . I * io . o a . m . u . oa . m . 8 . 35 p . m . Arrive Paris Jj . 40 p . rn . | J . J 7 p . m . 7 . 1 $ p , m . | 5 . 40 a . m . # The route via Folkestone and Boulogne is 26 miles shorter than via . Calais , and is the quickest route . The CLUB TRAIN leaves CHARING-CROSS STATION for PARIS dail y ( Sundays excepted ) at 4 . 15 p . m . A similar Train will return from Paris daily ( Saturdays excepted ) at 4 . 0 p . m . This Train will not run on certain days , to be hereafter specified . The Albert Victor , Louise Dagmar , and Mary Beatrice run in the Special Express Services , via Boulogne , throughout the year . Express Through Services to Switzerland , & c , via Calais and Rheims , or via . Paris , in connection vvith the above trains . _ MYLES FENTON , General Manager .

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pOALS . COALS . COALS . COCKERELL'S , 13 , CORNHILL , LONDON , E . C . For Prices , see Daily Papers . Trucks direct from the Colliery to every Railway Station .

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FISH , POULTRY , GAME , OYSTERS . TOHN GOW , LIMITED , J 17 , NEW BROAD STREET , E . C . ( Opposite Railway Station ) . 12 , HONEY LANE MARKET , CHEAPSIDE , 93 , THEOBALD'S RD ., HOLBORN , W . C , 125 , BROMPTON ROAD , S . W . JOHN GOW , Limited , always have on sale the Largest Stock in London of the Very Best Quality at Lowest Prices . BARRELLED OYSTERS .

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ESTABLISHED 1830 . UENABLES PIANOS . 187 & 189 , ESSEX ROAD , ISLINGTON . PRICE LISTS FREE .

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"' "T OBACCO BLOOM , " *** IN PACKETS AND CIGARETTES . FINEST QUALITY AND FLAVOUR , Of Tobacconists in Town and Country . SPECIAL AGENTFRANKLIN ( late Medex ) , 155 , OXFORD STREET , W . Wholesale—RUTTER & Co ., LONDON .

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HEPBURN AND COCKS , ESTABLISHED 1790 . 93 , CHANCERY LANE , LONDON , W . C . ( Two Doors North of Union Bank ) . DEED , BALLOT , CASH , AND DESPATCH BOX , AND _ HRE-PROOF SAFE MANUFACTURERS . 0 l . j ' - ' r'ght and Travelling Boxes in stock , and made to Offices and Strong Rooms Fitted up with Iron Frames and 0 i * * ts of Stands and Boxes made to fit Recesses to Estimates given . Price Lists . ** ** * N . 13 .--STRONG DEED BOXES of the following dimensions forwarded carriage paid pro nett cash—viz . ; 16 in . uy 12-in . by 9 * j-in ., 17 s . ( 3 d . ; 14-in . by io-in . by S-in ., ____|^ 00 v ; and 13-m by cj-in by 7-in ., ns . 6 d .

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jyTASONS' CERTIFICATES , & c , FRAMED TO ANY DESIGN . , _ H . MORELL , 17 & lS * GREAT ST . ANDREW ST ., BLOOMSBURY , Mai | f LONDON , W . C . 1 Cr ' ati v " M ^| ' ^ P ; - 1 'ter ^ t , a 11 kinds o £ Picture p rame and * ** ' *** l « isite for ? l" ! " gs , < xwo Million feet always in stock ) . Every Pa J . , Exportation . Illustrated Book of . _^ -aUeni !* j > ostfree for three penny stamps .

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B P- J ° HN FAULKNER , Dental N -W . AE' as removed to 41 , UPPER BAKER -STREET , - ~ - _ J __^^ t"danc . e , 9 to 5 .

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A2SR D ID * GRADUATE Zoology « fU *? . *' P M * , ) V * S * rt ° > Professor of Latin and J y ^ rs I 3 eX v £° fe" * Kensington ; Examiner fe P 'ivate or vS ? - £° *?» e has some time disengaged Natui * al Science % "S - Tuitlon * Lectures ° " ' ^ 7 and !»<* dium of FVen ' ch-A ^ nerS W ° lish thr 0 l ' = h the Nott 'ng-hiU , * w Address ' F D 62 > Lancastewoad ,

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TO THE GOVERNORS AND SUBSCRIBERS OF THE ROYAL MASONIC INSTITUTION FOR BOYS . DEAR SIR , The post of Surgeon to the Royal Masonic Institution for Boys at Wood Green being now vacant , 1 desire to offer myself as Candidate for the same . I have been residing within one minute ' s walk from the Institution for the last four years , and am intimately acquainted with the working of it . I shall have the honour to submit Testimonials of my professional life , and to state that if I am honoured by being appointed to the post I shall always make it my best endeavour to work in harmony with my brother Officials . I have the honour to remain , Yours very obediently , R . F . TOMLIN , M . R . C . S . Eng ., & c . Wood Green , N ., July , 1 SS 9 . TESTIMONIALS . Devonport , 2 Cth May , 1 G 73 . This is to certify that Mr . Robert Francis Tomlin became my Articled Pupil in September , 1 S 69 , and remained with me till October , 1870 . During this time he was attentive to his duties and his studies , very punctual in his attendance , and always anxious to please . He has been with me occasionally during the last three years , and I find he is prosecuting his studies vvith exemplary diligence , and gives proof of great ability and unremitting application to his work . JOSEPH MAY , Surgeon . 21 , Grosvenor , Bath , 23 rd July , 1 SS 9 . I am pleased to state that Mr . R . F . Tomlin acted as Assistant to my late father-in-law , Dr . Leahy , of Bridgend , during the year 1 S 73 and 1 S 74 , and gave him every satisfection . He considered him most skilful and attentive to his patients . The practice was chiefly amongst colliers , railway men , and iron-workers , so that his opportunities for surgical vvork were very great . W . S . STABLES , L . S . A . ( Lond . ) . Becket House , Wantage , 23 rd July , 1 SS 9 . Having knovvn Mr . R . F . Tomlin most intimately for the last fourteen years , I can bear every testimony to his character and abilities , both professionally and socially . After having * been vvith me for four years as Assistant , he joined me in Partnership , and it was with deep regret that , owing to circumstances relating solely to myself , our connection had to be broken , and I need hardly say that he took away with him the hearty good wishes of a large number of patients , by whom hc had been much valued for his kind and skilful services . He is thoroughly qualified for the post of Surgeon to the Masonic Schools , for which I understand he is a Candidate , alike by his kindness and industry , as by his professional knowledge and experience , and I feel quite sure in him the Governors vvill find a most painstaking and efficient Officer . J . A . BALL , M . B . ( Lond . ) , Physician to St . Mary's Home , Wantage , Consulting Surgeon to the Stockport Infirmary .

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TO THE LIFE-GOVERNORS AND SUBSCRIBERS OF THE ROYAL MASONIC INSTITUTION FOR BOYS . LADIES AND GENTLEMEN , The appointment of Medical Officer to the Royal Masonic Institution for Boys being vacant , I have the honour to announce that I am a Candidate for the office . My testimonials , which vvill be forwarded tothe Committee , will show that I am duly qualified and registered , and that I have had considerable experience in the profession . To this may be added that I am resident within three minutes' walk from the Schools , where I have been practising for over two years . Should I have the honour to be elected , you may rely on my doing everything in my power to promote the health of the boys under my charge . I am , Ladies and Gentlemen , Yours faithfully , 1 , Gladstone-avenue , J . E . H . STEPHENS , Noel Park , Wood Green , L . R . C . P . ancl S . E ., August 7 th , 1 SS 9 . Lodge 9 G 7 .

To Correspondents.

To Correspondents .

BOOKS , & c , RECEIVED . "Freimaurer-Zeitung , " "Victorian Freemason , " " South African Frenmason , " "The Freemason" ( Toronto ) , "New Zealand Masonic Journal , " " Keystone , " and " The Freemason " ( Sydney ) .

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SATURDAY , AUGUST 24 TH , 188 9.

Masonic Notes.

Masonic Notes .

We have no objection to our contemporary School experiencing a sense of " pleasure not unmixed vvith pride" on learning " that the authorities have treated the important question of the Masonic Boys' School in accordance with the recommendations which were made

by this journal . " We do not know what these recommendations may have been , and we imagine the Provisional Committee , which is probably as ignorant on this score as ourselves , has been influenced onl y by its own opinions and the recommendations of the Committee

of Investigation in the proposals it has made . Still , we have no right to complain if School lays the flattering unction to its soul that it has had a hand in the reorganisation of a school about whose management it knows so little .

It is just possible that School has seen the Report of the Committee of Investigation , and , having carefully read and digested its contents , has condescendingly adopted as its own the conclusions at which that Committee arrived . We all know what tricks the

imagination is apt to play when it is given too free a rein . Jos . Sedley , for instance , posed as an authority on the Battle of Waterloo , though he was miles from the battlefield , and fled in terror from Brussels on the merest rumour that the French were coming . George IV ., also ,

became imbued with the idea that he led several brilliant cavalry charges in the same memorable fi g ht , but his Majesty never got nearer to Waterloo than Carlton House or the Pavilion at Bri ghton . It is probably the same with School , which , from reading the said Report , has come to fancy that it compiled it .

Considering , however , that School is rendering such valuable services in re-organising our Boys' School , it is to be regretted that many of its "facts , " on which it says it " enlarged" in its June number , betray such ignorance of its constitution and government . Thus ,

it tells us that it is the General Court which elects the General Committee , and that the only other important function of the House Committee than that of electing the Head Master , Steward , and Matron , " would appear to be that of dining monthly at the cost

of the Institution . " It confounds the Steward , whom it describes as an "awful personage" and a "majestic being , " with the Secretary , and , therefore , it is not surprising it should state— " it is not clear from what august source he derives his magnificent position . "

This tremendous fellow—the Steward " we mean—is too much for School . It seems he refused to " recognise the House Committee as his superior , " that he had

"the power of mischievous interference in the School , " and " has so long lain heavy as a ni g htmare , " that it is glad to hear he is going , and will be still more glad when he is gone .

Unfortunately for our contemporary , this " awful personage , " this " majestic being , " who has completely shattered its nervous system , is not the Steward , but the Secretary , Bro . Binckes , who will no doubt be delighted to learn , on such an authority as that of

School , that one of the most successful of the many parts he has played in the course of his long career is that of " a nightmare . " But the similitude vvill not do . Bro . Binckes is doubtless " majestic" and " awful " when he cares to assume either of these characters , but he is too real and substantial to be " a nightmare . "

But Bro . Binckes in the role of a ni ghtmare " is thrown completely into thc shade by the Finance Committee , of which we are told that "when it spends . £ 145 on refreshments , it allows the expenditure to be thrown in with some small items and recorded as 'Visit of

Stewards , Distribution of Prizes , £ 175 * ' and finally it spends on each boy two-thirds as much again as thc Board of the Commercial Travellers' Schools , and twice as much as that of the Yorkshire Societ y's School . "

There are stranger things in this world than are dreamt of in the philosoph y of ordinary people , and it may be the conduct of this Finance Committee in refreshing itself thus generously will , in a round about sort of way , account for Bro . Binckes having been